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Re:Prolog Control in Six Slides by nils-m-holm on Saturday August 03, 2019 @06:26AM (#20599656)
I am the author of the paper. First of all, thank you all for the valuable feedback!

I (re-)discovered PROLOG only a few months ago after having learned it superficially in the 90's. Then I wanted my own, hackable interpreter, and started to read books about PROLOG implementation. I found them to be too complex for my needs, so I finally sat down and asked myself "If I were a PROLOG interpreter, what would I do?" Then those six slides materialized in my head.

In the meantime, I have written an interpreter that is mostly compatible to DEC-10 PROLOG, have read Clocksin, Boizumault, and half of O'Keefe (and skimmed through a few others), and I am quite enjoying the tour so far! PROLOG is a fascinating language, and there are so many things to discover!

Re:Prolog Control in Six Slides by carapace on Saturday August 03, 2019 @11:44AM (#20600948)
Have you seen "A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Reinventing a Prolog Machine"? https://software.imdea.org/Conferences/CICLOPS2017/files/tar...

Also, there's a lot of work on compilers in Prolog, starting with "Logic programming and compiler writing" by David Warren (it's the basis of the last chapter of "Art of Prolog".)

Re:Prolog Control in Six Slides by nils-m-holm on Saturday August 03, 2019 @11:59AM (#20601038)
I have read "Logic programming and compiler writing" with great interest! Did not know the Hitchhikers Guide, though. Looks interesting! Thanks for sharing!